Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free november 1981 new democrats sweep to 3423 win continued from Page 1 headed for the final results gave the nip just As Many seats As Pawley had Manitoba 19th Premier is a mild Selkirk lawyer and 12year Veteran of the he turns 47 on in a Short speech of Pawley promised Manitoban a government they can be proud Lyon was a gracious loser last promising to work cooperatively with the new nip administration for the betterment of the he said he would be willing to assist the govern ment its negotiations on the Mega because these opportunities Are there for All it was a Tough fought James free press he told a sombre crowd at the party Holiday inn Many of us thought it would be closer than it Lyon refused to speculate Why the party lost its mandate after one term in we didst get enough he he did say the lib eral vote seemed to have disappeared perhaps to the Benefit of the new the nip picked up seats in both Rural and Urban discounting its past reputation As an Urban All Northern including Thomp came to the almost All of the 57 victories last night were Clear in a Mailin poll expected today May alter the 73vote Lead nip newcomer Steve Ashton had Over tory incumbent Ken and party president Harold Piercy May Call for a recount on a 49vote decision granted to new Democrat Phil last nights vote Means the future is Uncertain for soon Tobe opposition Leader Lyon and for Liberal chief Doug Lauchlan and progressive head Sidney who were left without a seat in the but All three of the leaders vowed they would stay on to fight for their Lyon said better politicians than he had lost election yet re turned later to i might Well be he Piercy said a leadership review would Likely considered at a future party he said he be the one to Call for a change in the election returns also mean four conservative Cabine ministers finance minister Don education minister Keith labor minister Ken Macmaster and Community ser vices minister George Are without former nip attorney general Al Mackling will re turn to government in Paw keys new Paw keys nip Crew bears Little re semblance to the caucus assembled under former premiered of yesterdays successful candidates firs time the Fleg Lertg progressive in for its first failed to be the predicted spoiler in the despite widespread recognition of Leader Sidney the party collected Only two per cent of the popular Green himself finished third in Inkster with 780 losing by ballots to nip newcomer Don we will assess where we Are later and then we will determine what to Green the Manitoba Liberal party lost All of its seats in the there Are now no Liberal members in the Legisla Tures of the four Western in obviously disappointed but not disheartened to the extent that i would said i always planned to stay none of the four independents in the including former Winnipeg mayor Steve were Able to score the Campaign was based mainly on the party past rec Ord and its Promise of future economic gain to be earned by the highly touted the nip began campaigning nearly a year by dispatching various task forces across the province to hear Peoples concerns about the business the North and the according to the nip election plat Manitoban can count on the new government to try to Spur the econ omy through Public investment in Oil in mining activity and in the Manitoba forestry resources promised social programs include pension changes to the work place health and safety Day care legislation and interest Relief for businessmen and farm Many tories Felt Campaign was a dejected Premier Sterling Lyon consoles his son Jonathon As election results show a pc government is continued from Page 1 Craik admitted to being at losing what was considered a Safe tory he said redistribution Hurt him More than he if you cant win you certainly cant win the who lost his Gimli seat to nip candidate John Buck Laschuk to said he had a Tough we knew that from the appearing unruffled after his said he was surprised by his party in i didst think there was that much disenchant at a Community Hall in East the Celebration for Buck Laschuk was going Strong at i knew it was a Tough Keith was a fairly popular he didst make too Many said the new la for in Minaker conceded de feat 30 minutes after the polls closed and drove to Al Mackling nip head quarters to congratulate he returned with Large bags under his strained eyes from five weeks of Doort door but he was quickly buoyed by hugs and kisses from family and i always like to sure its a sour he said he had trouble identifying the cause of his saying he didst believe Premier Lyon and a lacklustre tory Campaign were he pointed instead to rent controls As the one Issue that May have swayed Minaker said he would probably re turn to his engineering but told his supporters he would be around for the next Robertson cant Stop running when asked if the two Mont hold strike by steel workers at the Inco metals company Complex was a determining Factor in the Macmaster said it certainly was because i gave All my time during the first three weeks of the Campaign trying to Settle the the Thompson who is completing a masters degree in economics and is former president of the University of Manitoba students said the final hour of the count Downwash the most intense moment of his its a dream come continued from Page 1 Robertsons Campaign workers had calculated people would vote for Robertson had said when he declared himself a tory that if he didst he be Able to go Back to serious journalism i have to bet ill be moving on then that brings up the who wants me his wants Hes 16 and a week ago he left Home for the first time to play Junior hockey in where dinosaurs and the social credit party once the Telephone rang on Robertsons cluttered it was ill give you father Johns Side of the you can guess what his son was How Are you doing we didst quite make in not worried about the party got but i feel Well be going to Hawaii he and Tim Are going to run around Hawaii for its not like that its a you John Robertson lost a race but he cant Stop the main Street Stream it was the clock on the Occi dental hotel in two the polls would close and main Street pub doors would be All but broken Down by a thirsty throng of men and women who haunt tasted draught Beer in 20 that How i imagined in fact there were Only six of us standing around watching the a six pack waiting for some cold and i always thought Beer was the Only thing that flowed More than on main honesty pays if 20 hours is a Long time for some people to go without a drink How about 35 Days without hearing word you can Trust that How Long the election Campaign thirty five unbelievable maybe that Why i was so taken with this Little Begger i encountered outside the mall hotel about an hour before the polls he was your everyday but he had an honest can you spare some Loose Chance for a Beer said none of this Coffee he wanted now i Haven handed out a Penny to a Begger in five not since a time in Boston when i was going to a red sox game and i doled out some Money to a and on the Way when i told i already the Guy threatened to Send the mafia after Back to the Rubby was me Why i should give him some i voted the right he whats the right Way in not telling he come i he i like that june West he got the change he and so did a continued from Page 1 Sands of apartment units which were stalled last answering questions in the com the minister said budget Legisla Tion will allow deduction of the so called soft costs from taxable the minister gave few but he emphasized that the deduction will apply for projects started this Greenberg said the government invited developers to a party years ago because rental accommodation was badly but the return on investment was not very the government offered tax incentives to people investing in curbs to Spur apartment but now it is making developers the villains who Are ripping off Greenberg the government initiated incentives Are now labelled tax loopholes for the he they the Federal government dont realize create shortages by the Way the new tax measures were made immediately he he feels the curb provisions were changed for political because people complained that rents were too High and that higher income earners were taking advantage of tax loopholes at the same but a number of apartment projects barely pay for and without the tax incentives offered by the rental housing will dry up the curb has been downgraded Over the years As a tax a local investment dealer said investors at one time received a 10percent capital Cost allowance if a rental building was that meant they could depreciate the build ing by 10 per cent a thus reducing their taxable income by 10 per cent of their curb that figure has been reduced to five per lowering the potential Benefit and increasing the risk of the invest the investment dealer continued from Page 1 and came thundering Back in 1950 in Churchill returned to Power in 1951 at the age of the crowd of party some broke into the essence of being a Good parliamentarian is he has got to be Able to win and has got to be Able to lose and to do both with his first words were of congratulations to Howard Pawley and the new democrats for their Victory he promised a civilized and orderly transition of party president Harold Defeated in his own bid for election in River said the party convention will Likely be held Early in a number of people will no doubt raise the leadership Issue he Piercy blame Lyons leadership for the however he said people in political because of certain characteristics and personality Arent totally Lyon is an extraordinarily competent Leader unfortunately Howard Paw keys indecision want enough to turn the Graeme one of the architects of Lyons successful bid for the Leader ship in said the Premier would probably be asking himself if his leadership was to but i dont think any one person was to he has been around for a Long time and has contributed a great Deal of his life to Haig although Haig said polls showed that the conservatives entered the election ahead of the nip in popular that didst the party Hierarchy sensed in the last two weeks things we rent going i had a gut feeling during the last two weeks the government was in Piercy former journalist and broadcaster John unsuccessful Candi Date in he got the feeling a week ago there want a sense of sitting on the stage at the rally in James i thought this int going to it want an up it was like a Bunch of kids being dragged to sunday a disappointed longtime party executive director Annis Shaddy say when she sensed the but she i thought it would be a Little party senator Nate Nur Gitz said the roof fell it is a commentary on current Canadian poli tics that things never turn a once they the pins Lyon labelled out no we didst get enough votes i accept the Victory of the new democrats As the will of the he told disheartened Campaign candidates and party the parliamentary system is bigger than any political we didst win the but we won 23 or 24 they say a Good opposition makes better if Good govern ment depends on Good then Manitoba is guaranteed a Good govern Lyon again arousing at one Point in the Lyon said he was sorry to lose his longtime political adversary Sidney who defected from the nip to form his own progressive which failed to elect a he has been an exceptional Parlia it will be a loss to the Lyon Many tories pinpointed the Dps rent control policy As one which Cost them some Ive never been this thin before Fred Rosa of who lost 83 says its a pleasure to i buy see myself in a meet new or Noze old friends and just have recently i asked weight clinic clients to write let me know their feelings and attitudes about the i wonted their what kind of results Are they getting is the weight the Yare losing stay ing off How Are the nurses and staff working with them the cards and letters Are the results Are in really proud to be 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